New Mexico Administrative Code
Title 6 - PRIMARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION
Chapter 19 - PUBLIC SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY
Part 8 - SCHOOL DIFFERENTIATION AND SUPPORT
Section 6.19.8.7 - DEFINITIONS

A. "Annual meaningful differentiation" means the state system of accountability for defining school performance and categorizing schools in compliance with 20 USC 6303. Performance indicators for all schools include academic proficiency, progress toward English language proficiency for English learners, and at least one measure of school quality and student success. Performance indicators for elementary schools include student growth. Performance indicators for high schools include graduation rate.

B. "Chronically absent" means a student who missed ten percent or more of school days in which they were enrolled during the school year.

C. "College and career readiness indicator" means an indicator calculated for high schools consisting of the participation rate and success rate of students in college and career readiness opportunities, as defined by the department.

D. "Consistently underperforming" means a priority group index score below the threshold determined by department for two of the most recent three years.

E. "ESSA plan" means the most recent state plan and any addendums issued by the department pursuant to ESEA, as amended by ESSA, and approved by the United States department of education in accordance with 20 USC 6303.

F. "Evidence-based practices" means activities, strategies, and interventions informed and supported by rigorous research that demonstrate consistent, positive impacts on student outcomes.

G. "Graduation rate" means an indicator equal to the percentage of students in an assigned cohort who earned a diploma within a specified number of years.

H. "Identification cycle" means the timeframe determined by the department after which school identification categories shall be reevaluated.

I. "Local education agency" or "LEA" means a school district or a state-chartered charter school.

J. "Priority group" means a subgroup of students defined in USC 20 6311(c)(2) as economically disadvantaged students, students from major racial and ethnic groups; children with disabilities, or English learners.

K. "Priority group index score" means the total score for each priority group in the school based on the accountability model methodology described in department guidance.

L. "Resource inequity" means difference in levels of resources, including funding and expenditures, instructional materials, administration, student-teacher ratios, teacher experience and credentials, or caseloads for noninstructional staff. Resource inequities may be between schools or between student priority groups within a school.

M. "School index score" means the total score a school earns on all required measures as defined by the department according to the state's system for annual meaningful differentiation detailed in the state's ESSA plan.

N. "Statewide assessment" means the collection of instruments administered annually that assess students' academic performance and students' progress toward meeting content standards in kindergarten through grade 12.

O. "Supplemental accountability model school" or "SAM school" means a school for which the department uses alternate school quality and student success indicators for differentiation as defined in the ESSA plan subject to a federally approved waiver and in which, based on the 40th day reporting, the following categories of students total thirty percent or more of the student population:

P. "Support threshold" means the school index score differentiating the lowest performing group of schools as defined by the department in each identification cycle.